Cuspidor.



No. 636,290, Patented, Nov. 7, 1899. W. I. REYNOLDS;

C U S P l D 0 R (Application filed Apr. 9, 1898.)

(N0 Moder.)

iifirlililnllll! Q I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM I. REYNOLDS, OF BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN.

CUSPIDOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 636,290, dated November '7, 1899. Application filed April 9, 1898. Serial No. 677,103. (No model.)

To aZ-Z whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM I. REYNOLDS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bat tle Creek, in the county of Calhoun and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Guspidors, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invent-ion relates to that class of cuspidors or spittoons in which a constant cur-- rent of fresh water is allowed to flow to instantly remove particles or matter passing into the bowl, and has for its object the construction of a sanitary cuspidor in which the interior of the bowl contains a perfect lining formed by a sheet of rapidly-revolving fluid projected by a tangent jet near the lower part of the inside rim, with a vortex flow in returning to the centraldrain-orifice.

Referring to the drawings, in which like letters refer to like parts wherever they occur, Figure 1 is a vertical central section of a cuspidor embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan of the bowl, showing the mode of attaching the spiral wire deflector and its relative position.

a is the interior of the bowl.

I) is aremovable tube which keeps the water above the inlet-jet, so the cuspidor will start without noise, whether the inlet be opened gradually or quickly.

0 is a spiral wire or rod for running light pieces of floating matter--such as cigar-stubs, &c.quickly to the center.

d is a removable screw-plug for cleaning supply-inlet or jet-tube in case it should become obstructed.

E is the supply connection, in the side of which the jet-hole is drilled, and this hole is located horizontally, or nearly so, and tangential to the radius of the basin.'

M M are two screws or rivets securing E to the bowl.

Z is the supply-pipe.

f is a lock-nut inside of the bowl.

f" is a lock-nut outside of the bowl.

0 is a thimble connection to bowl.

waste and swivel-arm for bracket.

P is a stop-pin to prevent revolving the bowl more than one revolution.

In operation the jet projected at a tangent sets the trapped water in which it is submerged to revolving rapidly, and as the sides of the bowl flare outwardly, increasingin diameter toward the top, the fluid rises in the form of a swiftly-spinning sheet and forms a complete water-lining to the inside of the bowl as long as the flow continues, in action the layer of water in contact with the bowl flowing outward and upward, the inside surface falling downward to the central overflow in the center, carrying with it all pieces or matter that may fall within.

The object of the spiral wire is to catch light particles, such as cotton or cigar-stubs, which may be carried upward by the flow of water and then passed out at the discharge. It is placed just outside the surface of the water, with loose end dipping centerward.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a cuspidor, a circular bowl, a water-supply pipe connected thereto, and an outletpipe I) which projects a suitable distance above the bottom ofthe bowl,combined with a spiral rod or wire secured to the inner side of the bowl, the upper end of the rod being secured near the top of the bowl, and the lower end of the rod being curved inwardly toward the outlet-pipe, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM I. REYNOLDS. Witnesses:

R. R. WILDER, O. A. OALKINS.' 

